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theodp (442580) writes "CNN reports that the U.S. government shut down at 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday after lawmakers in the House and the Senate could not agree on a spending bill to fund the government. Federal employees who are considered essential will continue working. But employees deemed non-essential — close to 800,000 — will be furloughed, and most of those are supposed to be out of their offices within four hours of the start of business Tuesday."

The president?The vice president?All their assorted hangers-on and boot-lickers?Both houses of Congress?All THEIR assorted hangers-on and boot-lickers?The Secret Service.The NSA.The FBI.The CIA.The TSA.Any other "agencies" I may have missed?

Or are they just putting a bunch of mailmen, janitors and secretaries who actually DO something for a living on unpaid leave?